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Headword:
*lewrgo/s
Adler number: lambda,274
Translated headword: rebel
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Aeschylus [writes]: "to bind this rebel to the lofty-clifted stones". Concerning Prometheus.[1] That is, all-daring, one who dies for the people.[2]
Greek Original:*lewrgo/s: *ai)sxu/los: pe/trais u(yhlokrh/mnois to\n lewrgo\n o)xma/sai. peri\ *promhqe/ws. toute/stin o( pa/ntolmos, o( u(pe\r tou= lew= a)poqnh/skwn.
Notes:
cf.
Hesychius lambda791 (s.v.
lewrgo/n).
[1] (?)
Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 4-5, quoted more fully at
epsilon 2978.
[2] The etymology of
lewrgo/s is unclear, but it is more likely from
le/ws 'at will' +
e)/rgw 'work' (cf. LSJ, web address 1). For the etymology given here cf. the scholion to (?)
Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 5 (and
lambda 275).
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; mythology; tragedy
Translated by: Matthew Farmer on 29 February 2008@18:21:29.
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